https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:36:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-366618 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:04:56 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 366618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mostly yes, because we haven't gotten that many. The few things that were the wrong season or totally ugly I donated, but it's not much and I don't feel we are in a place where I can reject free clothes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-366596 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:52:17 +0000 shopaholic 366596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee - LOL. Very true, very true! At least I tell my DH that's why I NEED to shop for her more, b/c no one is handing us down anything. hahaha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-366343 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:15:22 +0000 regberadaisy 366343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No because some of them are the wrong size for the season, too much spit up etc. I use even the ones I don't really like style wise. I just use it at home :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-366341 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:14:52 +0000 heffalump 366341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I didn't get hand me downs until after LO was here. I got some when she was a couple of months old from our cleaning lady, then our neighbor gave us some clothes when she was a year old, and now I just got some when LO was 15 months. From the pictures you've posted of your LO's closet it looks like she doesn't need hand me downs :)</p> <p>I haven't used a hand me down car seat, but I am currently lending out our car seat. Just make sure that it hasn't been in any accidents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-366291 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:43:39 +0000 immabeetoo 366291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hand me downs are mostly toys since I only have nieces, but I have no compunction in donating what I know I won't need (after they said they didn't want it back!). I figure someone else might love it, so why keep it and shove it in the back of the closet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-366253 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:24:37 +0000 shopaholic 366253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so jealous! I haven't been offered any hand me downs yet! When did y'all receive hand me downs? My SIL has two boys and she's offered me some car seats (not the infant one) and I'll probably get a spare pack &amp; play and maybe some old strollers from her? But nothing in terms of "girl" stuff. </p> <p>Anyone use a hand me down car seat or stroller? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-366191 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:55:53 +0000 DillonLion 366191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Use what I want/need and then donate or give away the rest :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-366174 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:51:39 +0000 IcebergMom 366174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way :) I use what I like and donate the rest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-366106 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:27:59 +0000 Mrs. Pen 366106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no. I am picky about the clothes he wears because I want him to be a STUD! hahaha. He definitely wears all the clothes I buy him, but not all his hand-me-downs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-365996 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:48:10 +0000 Mrs Checkers 365996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Partly b/c some of the seasons are different with the size I need, partly b/c of some style differences. For instance, a friend of mine who I have received a massive amount of hand-me-downs from LOVES all things pink. I don't. So I kept some of the pink things, and most of the other items that I would have purchased myself.</p> <p>I have some friends with girls younger than my LO, so I hand off whatever I hand-me-downs I don't use, and see if they'll use it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-365152 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:09:16 +0000 mediagirl 365152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I'll just store them until she would be grown out of them and then figure out what to do with them from there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-365126 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:34:41 +0000 loveisstrange 365126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I don't. I usually end up handing them right on down again or donating them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-365122 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:31:00 +0000 HLK208 365122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The things we don't use, we just donate. A friend of ours has a baby a year older than ours and we get a lot of her old clothes...even some nice ones we don't have enough space for/someone in need could use it better than we can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-always-use-all-your-hand-me-downs#post-365032 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:41:49 +0000 heffalump 365032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Twice now I've gotten a big box of hand me down clothes and I end up only keeping half of the box. My LO just has so many clothes (all gifted and hand me downs, I don't buy her anything!) so I don't really need all of it and I'll just go through and keep the things I like best and think she needs. There are some winter things that I don't love that I'm keeping, but that's because we don't have a lot of winter things and I'm too cheap to go out and buy my own when it's right here for free. </p> <p>Still, I feel weird not using the other stuff because it's free too. </p>